1860 Webster County census

Post Office, Vanderburg, Ky. By P.D. Clayton, Ass't. Marshal
Page 147 , 9 August, 1860

House-
hold #
Surname Family
member
Age/
sex
Occupation Real estate/
personal estate
State
of
birth
Data from records of
Webster County researchers
1019/1013 Cates Alexander 66 m farmer $  750
$  700
NC Alexander Cates married Nancy Phipps 2 Jan 1817 Hopkins Co KY. They are in the 1850 Hopkins Co census with the following listing: Alex, 56; Nancy, 49; James, 26; Jane, 22; Alex, 20; Benjamin, 16; Charles H., 14; Richard, 12; Sarah, 8; and Elias, 4. Alex and Nancy were born NC; all the children born KY. In the 1870 Webster Co census, Alexander Cates, age 75, born NC, is living with his son Richard and Richard's family; Nancy has evidently died before 1870.
Nancy 59 f housekeeper
NC
Richard 22 m farming
KY Richard Cates married Jane Anderson 18 Jun 1868 Webster Co and they became the parents of 10 children. Richard died in 1926 and Jane died 22 Dec 1905.
Sarah 19 f domestic
KY
Elias 14 m
KY Elias F. Cates married Susan Hunter 7 Jan 1868 Webster Co KY. They are listed in the 1900 Webster Co census with the following children: Joseph, age 18; Guy V., age 16; David, age 12; Viola, age 8. Elias F. Cates died in 1924 and his wife Susan died in 1930; both are buried at Old Cedar Grove Cemetery in Webster Co.
1020/1014 Fort Robert 34 m farming
$  300
TN
Eliza J. 20 f housekeeper
KY Eliza J. Fort was the daughter of James Tompkins. The James Tompkins family is listed in the 1850 Hopkins Co census. She is named in an 1874 land document as the sister of James W. Tompkins. Information on this family from Bobby Rakstraw.
Mary E.   3 f
TN
1021/1015 Couch Jas. D. 48 m
$  400
VA
Rebecca 25 f housekeeper
KY
Irban   8 m
KY
Arther   5 m
KY
Mary J.   3 f
KY
1022/1016 Hobgood Solomon 46 m farmer $  700
$1855
NC Solomon Hobgood married Judith E. Yarborough 26 Jan 1843 Hopkins Co KY. He is the great-great-grandfather of Julia Hobgood Wood
Juda E. 35 f housekeeper
NC Judith E. Hobgood is named in the 1864 Webster Co will of her father, William Yarborough of this census.
John L. 15 m
KY
Martha E. 10 f
KY Martha E. Hobgood died June 14, 1864 and is buried in the Hobgood family cemetery outside Slaughters, KY.
William Y.   7 m
KY
Calvin C.   5 m
KY
1023/1017 Hobgood Martha 85 f housekeeper
NC
Elizabeth 50 f domestic
$  250
NC
Frances 44 f domestic
$  250
NC
1024/1018 Littlepage Williamson 36 m farmer $  900
$  600
KY Williamson Littlepage married Sarah Ann Owens 02 Jan 1845 in Henderson, Henderson Co KY. Additional children of Williamson Littlepage and Sarah Ann Owens were: 1) William Littlepage; 2) Sarah T. Littlepage, born 1846, died 1933, married John J. Nance; 3) J. F. Littlepage, born 28 Feb 1854 KY; 4) Francis Littlepage, born 1862 KY, married William W. Crews 14 Dec 1881; 5) Edward Littlepage, born 07 July 1865 KY, died 16 Jan 1945 Henderson , Henderson Co KY, married Alice L. Watson 02 Jul 1888 in Dixon, Webster Co KY; 6) Nancy Littlepage, born 1867 KY. Information on this family from John Brown. Joyce Moore has placed Williamson Littlepage's 1880 Webster Co will online. Will Book 1, p 433.
Sarah A. 33 f housekeeper
NC Sarah Ann Owens was the daughter of Joseph Branch Owens and Nancy Overby at household 1108/1122 of this census. See John Brown's web page for more information on the Overby family.
Joseph 14 m
KY Joseph Robert Littlepage, born July 1846 KY, died 27 Apr 1913 Webster Co KY. He married Sarah Elizabeth Buchanan 07 Nov 1864 Webster Co KY. Sarah, born 16 Apr 1846 KY, was the daughter of John P. Buchanan and Mary Overby at household 1068/1062 of this census.
Wilkerson   9 m
KY Wilkerson I. Littlepage, born 28 May 1851, died 12 Feb 1935 in Webster Co KY. He married Martha J. Brooks 20 Feb 1873 in Webster Co KY. Martha, born 05 Feb 1857 NC, died 07 Jul 1911. She was the daughter of Michel H. Brooks and Rebecca Bumpass at household 634/629 of this census.
Henry R.   6 m
KY Henry Jefferson Littlepage, born 28 Feb 1854 KY, marr 1) Mary Alice (Mollie) Herrin 29 Oct 1874 Webster Co KY. Mary Alice, born 15 Jan 1856, died 22 Jan 1890, daughter of William T. Herrin and Martha J. Skinner. After Mollie's death, Henry marr 2) Minnie Belle Presley 11 May 1897 and 3) Elsie Crowley, d/o James Alexander Crowley and Henrietta Crowley, 11 May 1898.
Mary J.   3 f
KY Mary J. Littlepage married Thadeus Brock.
David E. 8/12 m
KY David E. Littlepage married Martha Walls.
1025/1019 Marks Jessee 30 m farmer $  360
$  400
KY Jesse Marks, the son of Elisha and Mary Marks, married Lucinda Woods 25 Dec 1852 Hopkins Co KY. Jesse Marks died 12 Apr 1897; he is buried at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery in Webster Co KY. See his 1850 Hopkins Co census listing.
Lucinda 35 f housekeeper
TN Lucinda Woods was the daughter of James Woods, and his first wife. She died 2 Apr 1890 and is buried at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery in Webster Co.
William T.   7 m
KY William Thomas "Bill" Marks married 1) Isabel J. Melton, the daughter of Joseph Melton and Celia Grayson at household 406/402 of this census, 30 Aug 1877 Webster County KY; they became the parents of William Jesse Marks Nov 1879. Isabel died in 1881 and is buried at Petersburg Cemetery in Webster Co. Bill Marks married 2) Lucinda Jane Cates, the daughter of Robert Cates and Rebecca Woods at household 1002/996 of this census, 26 Jul 1883 Webster Co KY, and they became the parents of 7 children. They were both still alive when the 1900 Webster Co census was taken.
James S.   6 m
KY James S. Marks married Mandy H. Melton, the daughter of Joseph Melton and Celia Grayson at household 406/402 of this census, 20 Jan 1876 Webster Co KY. James Marks died 6 Nov 1878 and is buried at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery in Webster Co.
Woods Calvin 36 m farming $  500
$  100
TN I believe Calvin Woods is the brother of Lucinda Woods Marks. He married 1) Elizabeth Miller 24 Jun 1853 Hopkins Co KY and 2) Caroline Vick 13 Dec 1861 Webster Co KY, the second marriage for each of them.
1026/1020 White William R. 42 m farming $  160
$  200
VA
Winna 50 f housekeeper
NC
Elizabeth 17 f domestic
NC
William H. 16 m farming
NC
Alexander 14 m
NC
Nancy G. 12 f
KY

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